Stories from Saturday, October 31, 2020

Election Day won’t decide who fixes our country. Yes, you read that right. The day that we’ve been leading up to for months, even years, is not the answer to all of our country’s problems. It’s absolutely an important day. It’s a day when we all need to make our voices heard, to participate in the democracy that has been paid for in blood, sweat and tears...

I just saw a thing saying that Trump was keeping social security and Medicare going. That’s a dag gum lie. He said it himself during the government shut down, that he would stop the social security and Medicare. He threatened everybody. He said it himself. That’s another reason I don’t want Trump in there. I didn’t vote for him for the first time and I ain’t going to vote for him the second time. He’s like a snake in the grass. He’ll say one thing and do another...

If you vote for Biden and think you’re getting a Democrat, think again. Kamala Harris is just waiting to take over. She’s a socialist, not even a Democrat. Biden is on the verge of being senile. … I’m not voting for Trump because I like him as a person. I’m voting for him because he stands for law and order, national borders, legal immigration, lower taxes on companies and people and religious freedom...

All these young college voters that they’re talking about are going to turn out. Well young ones, let me tell you something. I’ve lived in this world 60 years … I’ve seen what a Republican, what they do to people. If he gets another four years in this office, this country is gone to hell in a hand basket. They have no heart for other people. See what they’ve done and we’ve managed to struggle through it...

I’m with the caller about the police department. So ridiculous. Not even put to the voters. Just what the big shots want, they always get. What about the residents on the east and south sides of town. So out of luck. Four people made the decision. What about the other 20,000 plus of our population? I guess you four are very happy...

Jane A. Gainwell, 34, of the 1500 block of Coolidge was arrested at 9:41 p.m. Friday. Oct. 30, at his home on a Scott City failure to appear warrant for a moving traffic violation. He was booked at the Butler County jail. _ Jill D. Bieri, 53, who listed Highway C and County Road 488 addresses, was arrested at 1:35 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, on County Road 488 on failure to appear warrants for traffic violation, driving while revoked and the equipment. She was booked and released on bond...

Rural hospitals are facing a “transfer crisis,” with urban health centers refusing COVID-19 patients who need more care than can be provided locally, administrators told Gov. Mike Parson and other state leaders Thursday in a conference call. Administrators called on Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate to signal that the COVID-19 pandemic in smaller communities is threatening to overwhelm them...

Halloween was no doubt different in 2020, but residents of Poplar Bluff found ways to make the best of it. On Saturday, the Parks and Recreation Department hosted a Halloween pet costume contest in the city’s dog park downtown. Being an inaugural event and with COVID-19 on everyone’s minds, only a handful of contestants turned out, but judging by the sounds of the barks, all the dogs had fun...